Quiz 9-10

The type of validity that would be of greatest interest in evaluating the admissions criteria used in your social work degree program would be there: a. predictive validity. b. criterion validity. c. content validity. d. face validity.

Predictive validity

Mary wants to her sample to include the same proportion regarding ethnicity as the population. What random sampling strategy is Mary using? a. Stratified Random Sampling b. Cluster Random Sampling c. Snowball Sampling d. Systematic Random Sampling

a. Systematic Random Sampling

A list of people from which a sample will be drawn is called the sampling: a. system b. hypothesis c. Method d. Frame

Frame

What is a "sample" in single system research? a. a group of clients all of whom have the same problem b. a group of measurements of the target problem in either an A phase or a B phase c. a group of social workers who all attempt to use the same intervention d. a group of single system studies in which a social worker used the same intervention each time

b. a group of measurements of the target problem in either an A phase or a B phase

A researcher conducts personal interviews with social work students to measure their interest in social justice issues. She then categorizes each student as either "disinterested," "somewhat interested," or "very interested." What level of measurement of the variable does she have? a. nominal b. ordinal c. interval d. ratio

b. ordinal

Sampling bias refers to: a. deliberately selecting the most diverse cases for study. b. the systematic distortion of a research sample. c. the natural tendency of a sample to differ to some degree from the population from which it was drawn. d. the use of a sample that is too small to conduct the type of statistical analysis that is required.

b. the systematic distortion of a research sample.

In a single system research, the dependent variable is: a. the intervention or treatment. b. the target problem. c. the agency. d. the social worker.

b. the target problem.

Debbie is a social worker who just did a group of cancer survivors. She is interested in the issues that her clients deal with. Debbie decided to obtain information from her group. She has asked if they will volunteer to come to a group and talk about issues with cancer. What method of data collection would she be performing? a. systematic observation b. Secondary Data Review c. Focus Group d. structured interviews

c. Focus Group

Quantifying (if possible) information is the definition of: a. Data collection b. Data processing c. Measurement d. Sample selection

c. Measurement

You are working with some clients and you are searching for a depression scale that will work. You investigate and find that Becks Depression scale is readily available and it has been proven to give the same score over and over. It has worked with several different groups of people. You decide to use the scale because it is: a. Valid b. Easy to calculate c. Reliable d. Easy to administer

c. Reliable

Open-ended questions are valuable to qualitative research methods. What type of response is most likely elicited from open-ended question? a. Numeric b. Words c. Sentences d. theory

c. Sentences

A medical social worker wants her staff to evaluate their practice for an upcoming audit. She is not sure what research design might work best. She decides to do a pilot with one social worker and asks him to assess his practice with one of his clients. What type of design will be social work be implementing? a. Pre/test design b. Post/test design c. Single systems design d. Experimental design

c. Single systems design

Samples from qualitative research studies tend to be: a. representative picture of the whole population b. Smaller than samples from quantitative studies c. Small but always randomized and equivalent d. Larger than samples from quantitative studies

Smaller than samples from quantitative studies

Of the choices listed below which is a nonprobability sampling method? a. sample random b. stratified random c. snowball d. Cluster

Snowball

How important are size and representativeness in most qualitative research? a. They are of no importance. b. They are even more important than in quantitative research. c. Representativeness is important, but size is not d. They are less important than in quantitative research.

They are less important than in quantitative research.

What is an example of a BC design? a. William goes to an intervention once a week for 7 weeks then begins to go twice a week for the next 6 weeks b. William goes to an intervention once a week for 12 weeks c. William goes to an intervention for 6 weeks then starts a completely new intervention for the next 7 weeks d. William goes to an intervention for 6 weeks then takes a week of and then comes back to the same treatment.

William goes to an intervention for 6 weeks then starts a completely new intervention for the next 7 weeks

Tom seeks help from a social worker for his depression. The social worker administers two depression scales. What type of validity is the social worker seeking? a. Criterion Validity b. Face Validity c. Content Validity d. Construct Validity

a. Criterion Validity

What does it mean when we conclude that a measurement of a variable is reliable? a. It has been shown to produce consistent results under a variety of conditions. b. It is free from bias. c. It measures what it is supposed to measure. d. Then the measurement is reliable for all variables

a. It has been shown to produce consistent results under a variety of conditions.

You want to know if a group of clients that you are working with are depressed. You ask them, "Are you depressed." What level of measurement will this produce? a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval/Ratio d. It does not produce a level of measurement

a. Nominal

A social worker is working with a client who is being seen for depressive episodes. The social worker is working with increasing exercise with the client to see if they helps to reduce the depressive episodes. The intervention would be the exercise. When graphing this, on which axis will be depressive episodes be plotted? a. Y axis-vertical b. X axis-horizontal c. Y axis-horizontal d. X axis- vertical

a. Y axis-vertical

The demonstration of validity that employs a combination of all of the other forms of validity is: a. construct validity. b. face validity. c. concurrent validity. d. predictive validity.

a. construct validity.

You are looking for an answer to this question: If a relationship between variables was found, is it a causal one? Can I be certain that something else did not produce the measurements of the dependent variable? I am interested in: a. internal validity b. external validity c. Content validity d. Concurrent validity

a. internal validity

Single system research is designed to be used by: a. social work practitioners. b. social work educators. c. research consultants. d. outside evaluators.

a. social work practitioners.

You are a caseworker and you to record the interactions of a group of students and you have been given a specific time and procedure for what you will be recording. What method of data collection would you be performing? a. systematic Observation b. Secondary Data Review c. Focus Group d. structured interviews

a. systematic Observation

Cindy would like to conduct a qualitative study toy try and understand the resiliency factors of women who leave abusive situations. Women who leave abusive situations are not eager to tell their stories early on when it might be easier to understand the resiliency factors. Cindy interviewed a women who has left an abusive situation she ask her if she knows others who might be willing to be interviewed. What type of sampling method is Cindy using? a. Non-probability Sampling b. Systematic Random Sampling c. Snowball Sampling d. Simple Random Sampling

c. Snowball Sampling

A group of social scientist are working on a scale that measures motivation better than current scales. They do have some concerns about the validity of the scales. They are concerned about: a. The instrument can detect outcomes b. The instrument makes sense to research participants c. The instrument measures what it is suppose to d. The instrument will be accepted by the profession.

c. The instrument measures what it is suppose to

The BEST place to study alcohol abuse for qualitative research might be: a. a treatment facility b. AA meeting c. a bar or club d. NA meeting

c. a bar or club

What is the best statement to describe a qualitative study? a. Cannot be changed once the study has started. b. Uses the same hypothesis from beginning to end c. can be modified as needed d. must begin again if changes occur

c. can be modified as needed

The level of measurement that results when cases are only grouped into discrete categories (for example, "single" or "married") is: a. interval. b. ratio. c. nominal. d. ordinal.

c. nominal.

In what sampling method is diversity among cases often more important than sample representativeness? a. cluster sampling b. snowball sampling c. purposive sampling d. proportionate stratified random sampling

c. purposive sampling

Two criteria used to evaluate the quality of a sample are its a. size/ population b. population/representativeness c. representativeness/size d. representativeness/population

c. representativeness/size

Randomly selecting a starting point and then selecting every fifth case from a computer generated list of active client case records within a social agency is an example of the sampling method known as: a. convenience sampling. b. cluster sampling c. systematic sampling. d. simple random sampling.

c. systematic sampling.

Sampling error refers to: a. selecting the most diverse cases for study. b. the systematic distortion of a research sample. c. the natural tendency of a sample to differ to some degree from the population from which it was drawn. d. the use of a sample that is too small to conduct the type of statistical analysis that is required.

c. the natural tendency of a sample to differ to some degree from the population from which it was drawn.

What sampling method allows a social worker to generate a sample from his/her own caseload of clients? a. cluster b. stratified c. convenience d. random

C. Convenience

If an exam question in this class tested your knowledge of recent changes in the TANF program, you could legitimately protest that the question lacked: a. predictive validity. b. concurrent validity. c. content validity. d. parallel forms reliability.

Content validity.

Samples are often used instead of the population for all reasons except: a. time collecting data b. money collecting the data c. effort to collect the data d. samples are always more reliable than the population

D. Samples are always more reliable than populations

Maria administers a stress questionnaire to a group of students. Several of the students stated that the questionnaire ask more questions about grade performance. Maria looked over it and felt that the students were right. This means that the questionnaire had low validity in _______. a. Content Validity b. Criterion Validity c. Predictive Validity d. Face Validity

d. Face Validity

A qualitative research setting can be all but: a. Clients home b. Community c. School d. It can only occur in a laboratory

d. It can only occur in a laboratory

7. When using a qualitative research approach what could best be said about the researcher's values? a. They are completely ignored. b. They are acknowledged and explored but not used in any part of the study. c. They are the whole focus of the qualitative approach. d. They are acknowledged and explored so that interactions with the participant are understood.

d. They are acknowledged and explored so that interactions with the participant are understood.

In conducting single system research, when is the target problem measured and its measurements recorded? a. only during the first A phase b. only during the A phases c. only during the B phases d. during all phases of the study

d. during all phases of the study

A key informant might be someone who: a. experiences the problem personally that you are studying b. has never experienced the problem personally c. has a degree in the study area d. has the respect of the community.

d. has the respect of the community.

The type of reliability estimate produced when one estimates the degree to which there is consensus among different people in their measurements of some variable is known as: a. parallel forms. b. split halves. c. coefficient alpha. d. inter-observer agreement.

d. inter-observer agreement.

You are looking for an answer to this question: To what extent can I generalize the research findings beyond the research sample(s) in the current study? You are interested in: a. internal validity b. external validity c. Content validity d. Concurrent validity

external validity

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